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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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The Athenaeum
Author: “The” Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: The Athenæum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 862
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Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Author: Nature
Author: Trust in Numbers
Author: Theodore M. PorterPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210543
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantification What accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the study of stars, molecules, or cells should be an attractive model for research on human societies, and examines why the natural sciences are highly quantitative in the first place. Theodore Porter argues that a better understanding of the attractions of quantification in business, government, and social research brings a fresh perspective to its role in psychology, physics, and medicine. Quantitative rigor is not inherent in science but arises from political and social pressures, and objectivity derives its impetus from cultural contexts. In a new preface, the author sheds light on the current infatuation with quantitative methods, particularly at the intersection of science and bureaucracy.
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